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Remember when hanging out meant, well, hanging out—pizza boxes on the coffee table, someone’s dog stealing a slice, and nobody saying, “Wait, let me get a pic for the ’Gram”? Yeah, me too. A few months back, I’m at dinner when a buddy leans over his dumplings and thanks me—thanks me—for quitting Instagram. “I hit 5,000 followers,” he explains, “and then I saw someone else at 500-thousand. Suddenly my hobby felt like competitive downhill skiing in flip-flops. So I bailed.” Apparently we are a social-media Scared Straight program. Who knew? Here’s the truth: if you’re a suburban dad posting taco shots for sport, Instagram is optional. If you’re trying to rally investors, pitch projects, or spark a movement (hi, that’s me), social media is basically oxygen—only with more trolls. But let’s be honest: the apps can turn your brain into pixel mush. Jules Terpak, who studies digital culture, says all those “micro check-ins” trick us into thinking we’ve caught up with friends when, spoiler aler...

By Daniel Kaufman www.danielkaufmanre.com Forget the skyscrapers—for the first time in a long time, the real action in multifamily construction is happening far from the urban core. Developers are planting their flags in places most of us weren’t watching a few years ago: suburban fringes, micro counties, and even rural regions. The numbers aren’t subtle—they’re loud. According to the latest Q1 2025 Home Building Geography Index (HBGI) from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), multifamily construction in low-density areas is booming. Meanwhile, big cities—especially core counties in major metros—are seeing a pullback in new development. This shift is not a blip. It’s a full-on structural rebalancing of where housing is being built—and it has major implications for how, and where, we deploy capital going forward. 📊 The Data Behind the Shift Here’s what the numbers say: Multifamily construction in low-density areas—including micro counties and outlying metro areas—jumped f...

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